{"id":1627,"date":"2017-04-21T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2022-04-27T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:44:12","slug":"points-for-liferay-dxp-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enprowess.com\/blogs\/points-for-liferay-dxp-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Five points to takecare while upgrade to Liferay DXP\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are using Liferay for your business application and planning to upgrade to Liferay DXP, you are reading right post.<\/p>\n

In this post, I am going to talk about important points to consider while upgrading Liferay DXP\/7 from previous versions. To keep this post simple to understand, I will talk about \u2018What\u2019 to consider and not about \u2018How\u2019 part. Following are the most important points to consider,<\/p>\n

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    Liferay versions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    First and for most thing to consider before you start planning upgrade to Liferay DXP is, your current version of Liferay. Your existing version of Liferay drives story of upgrade.<\/p>\n

    Thumb rule for version upgrade is to keep upgrading existing Liferay to nearest major stable version till you get to Liferay 7 (or DXP). Following is the image to describe upgrade path,<\/p>\n

    \"Liferay<\/p>\n

    In every major releases Liferay introduces changes ex. In 6.0 there is change in permission algorithm, in 6.1 onward they consolidated Document library and media gallery to document and media. Point to note here is, to adopt this major changes implemented in Liferay, you need to first migration to nearest stable version.<\/p>\n

    If you are using enterprise version customer, ensure that all latest patches are applied. In case of community version, you need to use latest GA version.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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      Default settings<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Every Liferay version releases with default property settings. Based on upgrade path you select, you need to take care of new properties Liferay introduce ex, In Liferay 6.1 Document library and image gallery are combined so there are some properties to set before you start upgrade from version 6.0.12.<\/p>\n

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        Strategy for document and media<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Based on upgradation path you select, you need to make strategy for document and media as well. If you are using 6.0.12 and upgrade to 6.1.x, you will need to consolidate document library and image gallery to document and media.<\/p>\n

        In Liferay 7, following things has changed,<\/p>\n